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April Employment Growth Feeble
The U.S. added only 115,000 jobs in April. Economists had expected 163,000. The unemployment rate dipped to 8.1% from 8.2% in March, but economists said that reflected people leaving the labor force, which is made up of those employed or …
San Diego Radiation Monitor Not Working During Fukushima Crisis, Audit Reveals
An April 19 audit by the Inspector General of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that major components of the government's radiation monitoring and reporting system, including an air sampling device in San Diego, were not functioning during …
San Diego Unified Looks to Sell Properties
For San Diego Unified, desperate times call for drastic budget measures. Officials at San Diego Unified are searching to bridge next year's projected $120 million budget shortfall and avoid laying off thousands of teachers and employees. On May 29, boardmembers …
State Inmate Transfers - Realignment or "Prisoner Dumping?"
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been actively broadcasting the views of supporters of its campaign to reduce prison populations, sending out at least two emails in recent weeks highlighting positive commentary on its actions. The efforts, mandated …
DMV Staffers Took Bribes and Provided False Licenses, Says U.S. Attorney
The U.S. Attorney's office charged today (May 2) that El Cajon and Rancho San Diego Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employees fraudulently provided drivers licenses to applicants who had failed or not taken the required tests. The employees were bribed …
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
If it turns out that former Chargers great Junior Seau indeed committed suicide, and that he shot himself in the chest so that his brain could be examined for symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), San Diego will be in …
California Fugitive Nabbed in Tijuana
An alleged drug dealer from California was nabbed in Tijuana today, May 2nd. The Coordinación de Enlace Internacional de la Policía Estatal Preventiva (International Coordination Liaison of the State Preventive Police) apprehended the fugitive, after requests from United States law …
State Controller Weighs in on Prop A
State Controller John Chiang is offering his advice to San Diegans as it concerns Proposition A, the “Fair and Open Competition + City Contracts Online” initiative that seeks to impose a blanket ban on city officials considering the use of …
Wealthy "Patriarch of Broadway" Was Snubbed in Attempt to Buy Padres
In early February of 2009, the kinky installment deal by which Jeff Moorad was to buy the Padres was announced. It has since blown up and the team is back in the hands of John Moores, who has retreated to …
Doug Manchester Lobbyist Also Employed by Las Vegas Developer Backing DeMaio
A high-powered contract lobbyist for the Grand del Mar, the North City mega-resort operated by U-T San Diego publisher Doug Manchester, continued to lobby the office of San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders and city development officials on behalf of the …
Councilmember Sherri Lightner's Campaign Receives Thousands From One Paseo Developer
Representatives from Kilroy Realty have gone out of their way to gain support from Carmel Valley residents for their 1,857,440 square-square foot development project One Paseo, Carmel Valley's largest development to date. But residents have come out against the project, …
Former Charger Running Back Arrested in FBI Fraud Sting
Former San Diego Chargers running back Michael Bennett was arrested in Miami on Monday along with fellow NFL alumni William Joseph and Louis Gachelin, the Miami Herald is reporting. FBI agents working an undercover operation targeting identity-theft and tax-return fraud …
Bomb Scare at Two Imperial Beach Schools
Lt. Marco Garmo of the Imperial Beach Sheriff Station reported that at 2:30 pm Tuesday May, 1st an unknown male called and reported that he had placed bombs on the Mar Vista High School campus on Elm Ave. in Imperial …
Columnist Blames Lobbyists for Expanded Drone Use Authorization
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, is set to greatly expand due to approval of their expanded use in U.S. airspace by both Congress and President Obama, writes New Jersey columnist John Whitehead. Today’s drone use is frequently …
Nephews of Cartel Leader Under Federal Investigation
A Mexican federal judge has ordered that two nephews of a Sinaloa Cartel leader be held for 40 days while a federal investigation is held. The investigation is being held to determine the level of involvement of the two men …
Bridgepoint Reports Poor Earnings, Stock Plummets
San Diego's extremely controversial for-profit college operation, Bridgepoint Education, reported disappointing first quarter sales and earnings; twenty minutes from today's (May 1) close, the stock is down 5.2% to $20.44. First quarter earnings per share of 71 cents failed to …
San Diego Tourism Picks Up
The spring break and five weekends in March helped lift tourism in the first quarter, notes La Jolla hotel expert Jerry Morrison. Revenue per available room in March rose 14.9% from February, topping the other California metro markets. San Francisco …